Parents should be punished for using their children
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
March 4, 2020 4:09am CST
It is very clear In the picture that 2 kids are begging right in the middle of the mina main intersection in our town. They receive money and food. If you think they are orphans, no, because the mother is in the other side of the road patiently waiting for the bounty from the kids. Maybe it's about time that the department of social welfare should do something about street children.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
4 Mar 20
A problem with the Pangilinan Law on minors. The poor parents found it more profitable to use their children in any trade, because the children will never be prosecuted.
Yup, you could be suggesting a good point there. But what punishment? The parents cannot pay fine nor bail. If they are jailed, the children will be without parents.
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@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy My day is already fine. I am doing my best to be a good person. Your mention of those two evil demagogues did boil the blood. Grrrrr.
Will pause a while for meds and food.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@eileenleyva it's also dinner time here. Maybe I have to eat well because I am hungry, I did not have a snack, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
It is the responsibility of the social welfare department. When Gloria Arroyo was vice president and appointed by President Erap to be in charge of the DSWD, Arroyo said she will clear the streets of beggars and vendors. Maybe she was telling that to the marines, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
I have seen more than several of that case in different places. It is like a plague. Even in the province, children would be persistent in selling their wares with the spiel that says the money is for their school allowance.
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@LadyDuck (472124)
• Switzerland
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy I have seen this in some places in Italy, it is a shame.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@LadyDuck oh, you mean you also have child beggars in Italy?
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
4 Mar 20
That is something that we lacked in governance and leave this kids on the streets. You are right in there that the Social welfare services should do something about it but they are left alone in that. I think they lack police power to enforce that parents should not lead them to beg alone in the middle of a busy road.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy Just as I suspected the resources are really not sufficient to really keep them at bay. The government cannot keep them there and educate them with the parents. Most of them would return back on the streets since they could not get decent job to provide for their children.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
I had talked to one social worker manning the former Boy's Town in Marikina. She complains of lack of personnel and resources. When there is a clearing operation, "arrested" children in Manila would be brought there but would stay there for only a day or 2 then would be brought back to the streets.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@rsa101 the government is spending money on other things that are not very important. I don't want to mention but there's a lot of wasted money.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
Exactly so the parents should be punished.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
That is also my point. The parents should work and not the children.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Mar 20
sometimes it is an act of desperation.
but when it isn't then it is an act that is abusive.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
If you see the parents smoking, there certainly is no desperation.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@DocAndersen only the kids can be seen in the picture.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy not enough information in the picture for me to access.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
5 Mar 20
This is a problem in Romania, too. The majority of the beggars are fake, and they also use their children, because they know that people feel more sorry for children.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
5 Mar 20
@Alexandoy is it possible that they have police on their side?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
The fake beggars here use a child of another woman that they rent for the day. I have uncovered that before and I know they are still doing it now.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
@rappeter13 more likely the police here do not mind them at all. In the olden days, yes, police give them permission in exchange of a commission. But I don't think that system is still working now.
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@RebeccasFarm (90529)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy No certainly not there are many things here too..disgusting
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@RebeccasFarm there should be a law to curtail the bad acts of parents on their children.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
Oh, I thought it is only in our country.
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@LeaPea2417 (37386)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Mar 20
That is so wrong on many levels for parents to do that.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
That is right. That's why I think parents should be punished so they will learn.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
I agree that it is child abuse. There are many of them doing that mostly in the intersection of main streets.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
@DianneN everyone here is saying that but no one seems to really care.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
5 Mar 20
@Alexandoy Something should be done about that.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
It is a pity that those kids have to be there in the street.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
@thelme55 our dog wakes up early before 4 am and it wouldn't stop pestering me until I bring him down to the living room.
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@thelme55 (77162)
• Germany
4 Mar 20
@Alexandoy Yes, it is indeed.
You wake up so early.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Mar 20
@BabeSays yeah, that picture was taken in the main intersection of our town.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
6 Mar 20
But that is happening since a long, long time ago. It is frustrating for me to think about it sometimes.
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@BabeSays (8575)
• Mauritius
6 Mar 20
@Alexandoy Where? In your Country? That’s not good. Poor kids.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Mar 20
If nobody gives no one will be coming back.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 Mar 20
That's also my point. I never give to beggars.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 Mar 20
@florelway yes, I remember that there was or is a law. But would you believe that you would be arrested? Come on, the feeding programs organizers should be the first to be arrested since they are giving alms by the volume.
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Mar 20
@Alexandoy there was a law on that. Giving and begging are illegal. I am sure the law has not that been revoked.
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
4 Mar 20
Yes, This is very sad. Punishing the parents will not solve the problem, They think it is a easy way to get money.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
If the parents are punished then they will stop doing that to their kids.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
@ExplorewtMe what do you mean by racket, a syndicate running the operation for the use of the children to beg? That can be in some places here.
@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
5 Mar 20
@Alexandoy what about the racket running this?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
14 Mar 20
That renting of a child to get sympathy from the public was an old trick here. But they still work.
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@JESSY3236 (20038)
• United States
11 Mar 20
Yeah, that's bad. Someone should step up.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Mar 20
This kind of situation has been going on for a long time now.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
I guess those children would grow to be criminals.
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@JudyEv (342284)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 20
@Alexandoy It would have to be a possibility.
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5037)
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5 Mar 20
Perhaps, DSWD should put street kids in a shelter, then educate their parents to have a livelihood.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
That is one of the best thing to do for them. However, I don't see any indication on the realization of that. It is impossible for now.
@VivaLaDani13 (60803)
• Perth, Australia
23 Mar 20
@Alexandoy That is really sad and wrong!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Mar 20
Yes, it is considered child abuse.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Mar 20
Those poor kids may grow up to be criminals if they do not go to school.
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